Antoine de Saint-Exupéry with his wife Consuelo in their Paris home in 1936

Book of The Little Prince author’s love letters marks end of feud between heirs

Publication represents close of ‘fruitless 18-year legal war’ between estates of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry and wife Consuelo

Agence France-Presse
Wed 5 May 2021 19.18 BST

It was a romance that helped inspire one of the great works of 20th-century fiction and a bitter conflict between his heirs, but a new book of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s love letters to be published on Thursday suggests a reconciliation may finally have been achieved.

The Little Prince's Last Flight / The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

 

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Little Prince's Last Flight: The Story of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of The Little Prince and other timeless works of literature, was also a daring French aviator who lost his life in action during World War II.

September 19, 2020

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, world-renowned author of The Little Prince and other important works of literature, also was an aviation pioneer who lost his life under mysterious circumstances during World War II.

 

Beyond the Clouds: What Ever Happened to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry?

By Travis Corter

January 24, 2020

“All men have the stars…but they are not the same things for different people…You—you alone—will have the stars as no one else has them…” — “Wind, Sand and Stars,” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

What is it about unsolved mysteries that keeps our minds churning into the late hours of the night? Is it the compulsion to solve a puzzle no one else has, to be the first to see things clearly? Or maybe it’s the compulsion to understand what happened to a fellow traveler in life, especially one who fell earlier than expected.